trochospiral
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trochospiral (plural trochospirals)
- A spiral growth pattern in foraminifers.
- 2015 November 26, “The Impact of the Latest Danian Event on Planktic Foraminiferal Faunas at ODP Site 1210 (Shatsky Rise, Pacific Ocean)”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- They have a slight variation in trochospiral chamber arrangements with a wider umbilicus